Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair, one of the powers she has under the current legislation, PIPEDA, is that at the end of her investigation, particularly if she recommends something the organization does not comply with, she has the option of going to Federal Court under section 15 of the act and taking

Information & Ethics committee  In any case it would be.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll let Mr. Caron address that question.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll briefly try to answer your two questions. I'll start with the second. I don't know Ms. Whitten. So I can't speak to that point. I don't know whether this is something new for her or whether she has previously been appointed. I can contact you again to forward that informati

Information & Ethics committee  Just to be clear, the letter that was sent in June notified Google that the commissioner was initiating an investigation. There has been active correspondence between the commissioner's office and Google representatives throughout the investigation process. She most recently sent

Information & Ethics committee  There is close cooperation between the provinces and our office. We hold monthly conference calls to discuss common issues.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know.

Information & Ethics committee  The provinces you named have legislation that has been deemed equivalent.

Information & Ethics committee  They have been deemed equivalent—not the same, but equivalent in terms of protection. With that certification, those provinces are exempt from the application of PIPEDA in their territories. The provincial act is recognized by an official process.

Information & Ethics committee  I think it has to do with the border but also with communications between Americans and Canadians that may involve e-mail correspondence or communications from individuals on both sides of the border. So it may be difficult, within e-mail correspondence, for instance, or within c

Information & Ethics committee  Interestingly, it's echoing the same messages the commissioner gave Google and saying that in their view, given the recent indication of Google's response to the recommendations, which the commissioner also made, they felt confident they could stop the inquiry on that basis.

Information & Ethics committee  I can't answer with certainty, but I think the laws of evidence would need to be considered. So regardless of where the data is stored, if it involves evidence for the ongoing class action suits in the U.S., there are obligations not to destroy the data, whether you store it in C

Information & Ethics committee  I can't answer with certainty, but it has to do with cross-border instances when there may be a mingling of the data and correspondence between Americans and Canadians such that you cannot segregate correspondence for just the U.S. portion or just the Canadian portion. So it has

Information & Ethics committee  I'll let Mr. Caron answer that question.